the P2006T will do likewise in CPL/MEP training as well as being a very capable private owner/operator machine.
Oh c'mon now you can't be serious.
It's just about as sorry an excuse for a twin as a Duchess is or a Seminole for that matter. The 2006 is seriously not designed for private ownership but to appeal to financially strapped schools and clubs on a payment or lease plan
It allows you to log ME time "legally" but other than that it's about as usefull as t@ts on a hog.
These miscreants sell for $450K. For that money you can buy a very nice twin with some serious capacity and have money to spare for the extra fuel.
A buddy of mine just bought a Navajo for $70K. Even if he would spend another $100K on it (he doesn't have to) he would have another $280K for fuel. At $6/gallon that's almost 1600 hrs of flying time. He'll run out his new engines before he breaks even with a 2006
And yes, there are some very nice airplane engines build outside of the US
